Lot Essay
Compare a similar head in the Rietberg Museum, illustrated by Sirén in Chinese Sculptures in the von der Heydt Collection, Zürich, 1959, Catalogue, pl. 57
Details
A GRAY STONE BUST OF AVALOKITESVARA
LATE MING DYNASTY
The bodhisattva carved with delicate facial features, wearing a shawl over the shoulders, a beaded necklace pendent from a ruyi-collar carved with a lotus, and a tall foliate crown hung with pendent tabs and centered by a figure of Amitabha Buddha seated on a lotus throne and surrounded by a flame-form mandorla, with traces of pigment
20¾in. (60.3cm.) high, stand
LATE MING DYNASTY
The bodhisattva carved with delicate facial features, wearing a shawl over the shoulders, a beaded necklace pendent from a ruyi-collar carved with a lotus, and a tall foliate crown hung with pendent tabs and centered by a figure of Amitabha Buddha seated on a lotus throne and surrounded by a flame-form mandorla, with traces of pigment
20¾in. (60.3cm.) high, stand
Provenance
Baltimore Museum of Art